JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    May 2000    May 1999    May 2000   May 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,304       1,126       1,049      2,214
Others                    746         840         927        938
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             7          11          11         18
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       86          81          68         68
Atlantic salmon         2,080       1,828       1,459      1,295
Yellowfin tuna          2,980       2,965       2,278      2,131
Bluefin tuna              881       1,075         934      1,438
Bigeye tuna             1,610       1,560       1,327      1,372
Southern bluefin tuna     659         463       1,284        865
Sea bream                  99         123          68         76
Billfish                  173         160         134        110
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 173          89         136         80
Pacific sockeye           222         134         106        154
Pacific coho            4,025       3,358       2,001      2,140
Other Pacific salmon      293         403         205        121
Pink salmon             4,395       4,111       2,227      2,321
Atlantic salmon           663       1,966         340        959
Other salmon               93          70          51         37
Halibut                 2,317       2,001         948        722
Albacore tuna              49          94          10         17
Yellowfin tuna          9,557       6,111       2,492      2,717
Skipjack                7,828       3,878         473        406
Bluefin tuna               68          81         160        161
Bigeye tuna            11,069       8,417       7,900      7,037
Herring                 4,561       2,634         557        479
Cod                     1,149       1,299         343        452
Mackerel                4,914       3,447         563        485
Mero                    1,084         522         849        337
Jack mackerel             947       1,712         108        186
Sea bream                 219         343          51         86
Capelin                 3,354       7,229         539      1,605
Billfish                  610         603         169        163
Spanish mackerel           41         146          11         55
Rockfish                1,510         972         369        265
Sablefish               1,665       1,395       1,774      1,244
Herring roe               107          70          45         35
Pollock roe             8,529       8,792      17,022     12,896
Mero, fillet              443         274         506        321
Swordfish, fillet         178         145          98         67
Pollock surimi          6,481       4,048       1,409      1,282
Cod Surimi                287           3          52          1
Threadfin bream         4,375       4,237         816        932
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             1,084         990       1,794      1,569
Pollock roe               258         272         446        341
Salmon roe                 60          75          90        151
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                828         717         448        439
Arkshell                  876       1,351         347        431
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             216         220         639        609
King crab               1,206       1,565         501        724
Tanner crab             3,582       2,139         993        704
Blue crab                  21          42          35         67
Other crab                465         386         331        290
Oyster                  1,319       1,311         680        696
Clam                    1,268       1,081         294        235
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             720         695       1,422      1,141
Lobster                    50          47          85         83
Shrimp                 17,899      16,116      20,324     17,787
King crab               1,934       1,799       3,490      2,613
Tanner crab             3,937       2,192       4,458      1,968
Blue crab                 707         275         306        133
Other crab                 11         112          22         51
European cuttlefish     1,345       1,940         489        809
Octopus                 8,683       4,749       2,692      2,335
Scallop                    27          28          23         40
Other cuttlefish        1,990       2,124       1,243      1,559
Squid                     264         132          48         27
Abalone                    33          23         126         86
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     132          25          90         36
Sea urchin roe             15          25          36         47
Jellyfish                 926         543         360        328
Seaweed, dried            699         559         368        362
Seaweed, salted         2,413       1,824         220        219
Prepared                     
Eel                     7,547       5,591       9,428      8,490
Canned crab                16           2          44          3
Fish meal              27,125      36,514       1,647      2,690

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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